Anything Goes with Die Cut Divas.

 We have a great challenge this month at Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes.   

Our lovely sponsor this month is Birch Press. 

Our sponsor will be giving away a $20 gift card to the winner of our challenge.  *Note: Challenge winner must have US address.

I have used a circle slatted die to cut out from the panel.   I added a green watercolour background that was a mop up of some green blending the other day.  There is a touch of gold paint on it which in real life you can see.  I used Birch Press Prima Peony Duo Contour Layer die set to cut out white flowers and stems.  I then used the first three inks from the Woodland Escape Fresh Dye inks plus some yellow ink to colour the flower layers.   And Jade and Eucalyptus Fresh Dye inks for the stems and leaves.  Added them over the circle with a little string bow.  Finished with a little sentiment from Elizabeth Craft Designs - Build your own sentiments 1 and some little pink dots. 

Do come and join us at Die Cut Divas... just remember you must use your die cut machine to die cut/emboss on your card. 

Ink blending die cuts - Craft a Flower - Flowering Dogwood Layering dies

 Today I'm sharing some cards that I started last Monday and finally finished on Thursday evening. 

I die cut two sets of all the flower parts and while looking after Grace on Monday I did some ink blending onto them, while she was colouring her Altenew Colorparlooza sheet.  Putting these together is a piece of cake thanks to the keyhole layering system.   I used some glitter card from my stash to added the centre of the flowers. The sentiment from Altenew Versatile Greetings die set.  There is a very subtle stencil inking behind the flowers.  I used some soft pink ink and Classic Stripes stencil.  Finished with some little gold gems.

This one used purple and yellow inks with a touch of green, to add the colour on this one   The stenciling behind the flowers is the Foliage Stencil with some green inks.  The sentiment is from Classic Greetings.  

Quick Card and a Mixed Media Card...

 Hi.  Two cards to share from the last few days.   I've been busy crafting after work and over the weekend. 

Quick card....

This one came about when I was supposed to be tidying up!  Came across my Pink Fresh Studio Washi (Artistic Dahlia) and of course, I just had to make a card. 

I just love this washi - stuck it to some white card stock and then using the matching dies, cut out all the pieces - still even more pieces for future use.  I found the purple panel which I think might be watercolour powders as it's very shimmery.  I used a Gina K Master Layouts die to cut it.  The sentiment is from the Artistic Dahila stamp set.  Added the floral image and added a few pearls.  

My second card is a bit of mixed media.  

I started with some white card and brayered on some silver acrylic paint down one side, added a few different 49th & Market rub-ons and some metallic inks around the edges and around some of the images. Used the best tool ever - my finger!!!   Messed up the rub-on sentiment - but it's handmade!

I also made two more cards today (Sunday) but ran out of time to take photos.  

September 2022 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Time to share my September CCC card.

We had the following options:

Theme: Music/ things beginning with or included the letter Z/Friendship

Product/Technique Options: Burlap or Gauze/Iris Folding

I chose the sketch 

I chose some pretty patterned papers and trimmed them into four strips.  I added some sheer ribbon and a sentiment from Gina K cut with a circle and scallop die.  Added some little coloured gems and off it went to Joanne in the US. 

Inspired by Virginia...

My crafty bloggy friend, Virginia, was up on the Altenew website yesterday with a great idea for using nesting dies to create a frame.  Of course, she used an Altenew die to make her frames, but as I don't have any, but have a LOT of Spellbinders nesting dies, I was inspired to make a frame.   I wanted to try some challenging colours for me as well.... Green and orange!

 I found a Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose stamp set that I hadn't opened.... I've had it for a year or more, but it was tucked away with some other stamping stuff and hadn't seen the light of day!  For some reason, orange roses came to mind... so I stamped the flower ad leaf layers with some Catherine Pooler Orange Twist ink and Eucalyptus ink.   I used my Scan'n'Cut to cut out the flowers and the leaves.  (since ordered the matching die as I'm sure it will be easier to use). I used a dauber to colour them all in in the same inks. I have the Heartfelt Creations basic 3D shaping mold so used that to add the texture to the petals.  I used the smaller dies to make my rose.

You can see the dimension of the rose in this picture.

Once the rose had dried I rubbed on soem Opal Dust (gel glitter).  I cut my frame from Spellbinders Labels Four nestibilities from some green watercoloured looking patterned paper and then used the Eucalyptus ink to sponge around the edges to give it some dimension.  I did the same with the panel it was mounted on.  I also used the same ink to add some interest in the centre of the card using a TCW stencil called Mini Beaded Curtain.  I added a sentiment from Altenew's Sincere Sentiments set and finished with some flat gold sequins topped with a dot of Ivory Seashell Nuvo drops.

Big thanks to Virginia for reminding me about making frames with nesting dies.  And because Virginia inspired me I'm adding this to her Show and Share for April.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter Sunday

Crafting Sunday

I got to spend some time in the craft room this afternoon.  I wanted to join a few challenges so got out some stamps and went to it...

First off, I saw the challenge at Just Us Girls - Word of the week "Houses"

I chose a bird house that as a freebie back in 2015.  It is a Crafter's Companion set that was in collaboration with Quick Cards.

I stamped the image onto some super smooth cream cardstock and used Zig Real Brush markers and some water to colour the image.  The sentiment was in the same set.  I matted it onto some darker cream card then onto a base.

My next two cards are both going into the Delectable Die-cuts challenge at Christmas Kickstart Challenge. 

First up is this CAS card.  I started by embossing the background with a holly folder.  The die cut is a two part one that came with a magazine, that my newsagent was selling for $4.  It was the embossing folder and the die plus another twig die.  I used some vellum to cut the layering part and the maroon card for the inner part.  Added some Nuvo drops to finish.

Next one used a sleigh die, again a set that came with a magazine.  It had a little embossing folder, a die and the stamp set.

I started by using some Altenew Sea Glass ink to sponge on the top part of the card before embossing the little strip at the top.  I left the bottom part of the card plain to be the snow.  I cut the sleigh die twice, once in a rose gold foil card and once in red.  I trimmed the red piece and layered it on top of the gold part.  I added the sentiment in black ink and the reindeer in Altenew Espresso ink  I stamped and coloured Santa and his bag of presents and fussy cut them.  Added some Stickles for snow.  Mounted onto some red card and then a white base.

You can see my background for my photos...it's a new backdrop I made today... I made two day

I got some book covering vinyl and two 12 x 12 cake boards that were about 1/8".  I added the vinyl to both sides of the boards... one colour on each side so I could get both the bottom and back.

Thanks for stopping by. Your visits are appreciated.

A Classy card at StampNation

I'm back again with my Guest Designer card for StampNation this week.  Our challenge is to make a Classy Card.   As I'm busy making Christmas cards, I've made not one but two Classy cards.

My GD card is this one

My inspiration for this one came from Pinterest.  I've used some metallic shimmery card to make this.  Ive used dies from Spellbinders, Cheery Lynn Designs and Couture Creations.  I used stamps from Catherine Pooler Designs SOA  Candy Cane Lane collection.  I used a Copic marker to colour some white pearls.  I added a bit of dimension on the card with some embossed lines.

And while I had my shimmery card and the dies out, I made another Classy card

with this one, I used a smaller Spellbinders die for focal point and stamped it with the sentiment - again from the SOA collection.  It's hard to see but I have embossed some little stars around the sentiment.    I used the same embossed lines and the Spellbinders Poinsettia die and the Couture Creations Holly Flourish

Thanks for stopping by today.  If you are a member of StampNation, do come join us, and if not... please consider joining us. 

Warm Spring Wishes

It's my day to share at Die Cut Divas.  Our sponsors are:

 

I used this cute little birdie together with some PP and a sentiment from Gina K.   I used a Simon Says Stamp die circle but there are lots of possible dies available at DiesRUs.   Finished with some pearls.   

It's been a lovely weekend here in Auckland.  So nice that I even went for a swim today.  Any who knows me well, will know that it has to be warm water for me to swim... quite unusual for me still to be swimming this late in the season!

 

I'm so lucky to live in such a beautiful country.  

Thanks for stopping by.

September CCC card for Lizzy

I really love taking part in Deborah's CCC monthly challenges.   You get to send a card to someone and someone sends you one.   This month, I got to send a card to Lizzy in Australia.

Each month Deborah gives options for the card... a colour combo, a sketch or a theme.  For September I chose the colours - Ivory, Olive and Cobalt Blue

My card base is Ivory and my olive is Distress ink sponged through a Tim Holtz stencil.  My butterfly is a Memory Box die and the friend die is from the SOA from StampNation and is by CAS-ual Friday. The rest of the sentiment is from Winnie & Walter and is stamped with a Memento ink.  Finished with some blue enamel dots for the butterflies body.  Lizzy has now let me know it has arrived.

I'm entering this into the Die Crazy challenge at Simon Says Stamp. 

Birds and Butterflies

I have a project over at Die Cut Divas today.  Birds and Butterflies...

I used a template I found in a magazine.  My base and part of my butterflies is Kaisercraft PP.  The vellum butterflies are the Hero Arts stamp and die set, embossed in white EP.   Used a Flourish die for my leaves.  I did have some issues with my bird... the template one was way too big for the birdcage so had to do some improvising.  I punched a Stamping Up bird, trace around it onto some plain paper, photo copy on enlarge and then used to cut out my card.  I used an embossing folder to emboss the wings.

Had fun trying something a little different.

Thanks for stopping by.

Flowers everywhere.

Hi there... it's a new challenge at over at Creative Cottage Challenge Digi Creations.  And our theme is "Flowers"  This is your chance to use your digis and make a card.  Our sponsor this time is Aurora Wings.

We got to trial some of the beautiful digi stamps and today I'm sharing two cards I made.

First up is the image that Mitzi used for her logo

I am especially thrilled with the results of my colouring on this one.  I used Copics.  The layers are cut with a Lil Inker's die.  I am going to get this framed.

My second card is a little cutie, using Bluebell Sprite. 

 
My flowers are the Bluebells on the image.  I used Spellbinders dies for the oval and the fancy label.  This sweetie got posted off to a little cutie who recently turned 4.  Happy Birthday Miss Lilly.